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Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits

Defendants include Sheriff Laurie Smith's second-in-command  —  Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office …

Palo Alto Online Sue Dremann

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  • @webster Tony Webster on x
    Most states are either ‘shall-issue’ for permits to carry a gun, or ‘constitutional carry’ states allowing it without a permit. But as long as there's a ‘may-issue’ system giving sheriffs complete discretion, there's going to be corruption. https://www.mercurynews.com/ ...
  • @matthewkeyslive Matthew Keys on x
    Apple never donated the iPads, which had a street value of around $70,000, because the company learned about a search warrant being executed in connection with the bribery investigation. https://www.sccgov.org/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @akiperitz Aki Peritz on x
    This story doesn't make sense. Who bribed who? How is this a bribe since they're giving iPads to the entire Sheriff's Dept? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @kifleswing Kif on x
    Apple comments on Tom Moyer: “We expect all of our employees to conduct themselves with integrity. After learning of the allegations, we conducted a thorough internal investigation and found no wrongdoing.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @ftrain Paul Ford on x
    Amazon is hiring Pinkertons and Apple's head of ethics is accused of bribing cops with iPads in order to get a concealed carry permit. Anyway that's Monday. https://morganhilltimes.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
  • @emmalbriant @emmalbriant on x
    Look... sorry but you aren't allowed to bribe people to bend gun laws because you have trade secrets and competitors. @washingtonpost you should be ashamed to have included this clause in the article. Don't make excuses for @Apple when they didn't even give you a comment!!!!! htt…
  • @lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on x
    this guy was once head of *compliance* at Apple 😩 https://twitter.com/...
  • @paloaltoweekly @paloaltoweekly on x
    #Apple Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer is among the four people charged in a case of highly coveted gun permits for contributions to support Sheriff Laurie Smith's reelection campaign, county prosecutors said today. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/ ...
  • @rustybrick Barry Schwartz on x
    Was this before or after Apple made the gun emoji look like a water pistol? 🔫 🔫 🔫 https://twitter.com/...
  • @2aupdates Rob Romano on x
    “The two-year investigation by the District Attorney's Office revealed that Undersheriff Sung, aided by Captain Jensen in one instance, held up the issuance of CCW licenses, refusing to release them until the applicants gave something of value.” https://www.sccgov.org/...